diff --git a/docs/attributes-registry/db.md b/docs/attributes-registry/db.md
index 087608fb9c..2d7f7ff25e 100644
--- a/docs/attributes-registry/db.md
+++ b/docs/attributes-registry/db.md
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ This group defines attributes for Azure Cosmos DB.
 | <a id="db-cosmosdb-request-charge" href="#db-cosmosdb-request-charge">`db.cosmosdb.request_charge`</a> | double | Request units consumed for the operation. | `46.18`; `1.0` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | <a id="db-cosmosdb-request-content-length" href="#db-cosmosdb-request-content-length">`db.cosmosdb.request_content_length`</a> | int | Request payload size in bytes. |  | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | <a id="db-cosmosdb-sub-status-code" href="#db-cosmosdb-sub-status-code">`db.cosmosdb.sub_status_code`</a> | int | Cosmos DB sub status code. | `1000`; `1002` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| <a id="db-operation-name" href="#db-operation-name">`db.operation.name`</a> | string | The name of the operation or command being executed. [10] | `findAndModify`; `HMSET`; `SELECT` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+
+**[10]:** It is RECOMMENDED to capture the value as provided by the application
+without attempting to do any case normalization.
+
+The operation name SHOULD NOT be extracted from `db.query.text`,
+unless the query format is known to only ever have a single operation name present.
+
+For batch operations, if the individual operations are known to have the same operation name
+then that operation name SHOULD be used prepended by `BATCH `,
+otherwise `db.operation.name` SHOULD be `BATCH` or some other database
+system specific term if more applicable.
+
+This attribute has stability level RELEASE CANDIDATE.
 
 `db.cosmosdb.connection_mode` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.
 
@@ -216,9 +230,9 @@ This group defines attributes for Elasticsearch.
 | Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | Stability |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 | <a id="db-elasticsearch-node-name" href="#db-elasticsearch-node-name">`db.elasticsearch.node.name`</a> | string | Represents the human-readable identifier of the node/instance to which a request was routed. | `instance-0000000001` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
-| <a id="db-elasticsearch-path-parts" href="#db-elasticsearch-path-parts">`db.elasticsearch.path_parts.<key>`</a> | string | A dynamic value in the url path. [10] | `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.index=test-index`; `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.doc_id=123` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
+| <a id="db-elasticsearch-path-parts" href="#db-elasticsearch-path-parts">`db.elasticsearch.path_parts.<key>`</a> | string | A dynamic value in the url path. [11] | `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.index=test-index`; `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.doc_id=123` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 
-**[10]:** Many Elasticsearch url paths allow dynamic values. These SHOULD be recorded in span attributes in the format `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.<key>`, where `<key>` is the url path part name. The implementation SHOULD reference the [elasticsearch schema](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/main/output/schema/schema.json) in order to map the path part values to their names.
+**[11]:** Many Elasticsearch url paths allow dynamic values. These SHOULD be recorded in span attributes in the format `db.elasticsearch.path_parts.<key>`, where `<key>` is the url path part name. The implementation SHOULD reference the [elasticsearch schema](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/main/output/schema/schema.json) in order to map the path part values to their names.
 
 ## Deprecated Database Attributes
 
diff --git a/model/database/common.yaml b/model/database/common.yaml
index c4660d766b..b536f73173 100644
--- a/model/database/common.yaml
+++ b/model/database/common.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ groups:
       # - ref: db.system
       #   requirement_level:
       #     conditionally_required: if available
+      - ref: db.operation.name
+        requirement_level: # TODO (trask) simplify
+          conditionally_required: >
+            If readily available and if there is a single operation name that describes the
+            database call. The operation name MAY be parsed from the query text,
+            in which case it SHOULD be the single operation name found in the query.
       - ref: db.collection.name
         brief: Cosmos DB container name.
         requirement_level: